West Monroe High has another state championship for its trophy case and its legendary head coach gives much of the credit to its district affiliation.

“When you play in 2-5A, it helps prepare you for the playoffs,” said Don Shows, the Rebels’ longtime leader and one of the inductees into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. “That’s a tough district to come out of, and the teams we have there are very good and well coached.”

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GRAMBLING — Louisiana-Monro used a three-run top of the sixth inning to grab the lead for good on Tuesday night as the Warhawks earned a 4-3 victory from Grambling in midweek action.

ULM finished with four extra-base hits in the win, all coming in the top of the sixth frame.
Grambling knotted the game up in the bottom of the fourth with a RBI double from Daniel Barnett after Marshawn Taylor began the frame with a leadoff single of his own.

Kylie Garris, Farmerville mother of three, decided she needed a break from being mom to three youngsters — a 3-year-old daughter, 18-month-old son and newborn baby girl. Her husband, Tom, agreed to keep the children on the afternoon of Oct. 30 to give his wife a couple of hours of solitude. The location of her quiet spot was her deer stand located on her mother-in-law’s property in Union Parish.

Her solitude turned into a time of excitement when a big 13-point buck stepped out. One shot from her 30.06 and the big buck was down.

At the midway point of the Conference USA schedule, the Louisiana Tech women’s soccer team looks to add to its point total this weekend when they play host to Charlotte at 7 p.m. today and Old Dominion at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Lady Techster Soccer Complex.

Tech (9-2-4, 2-1-2 Conference USA) enters with eight points which currently puts them in seventh in the league standings with five matches to go. The eight points is the most the team has recorded through the first half of the league slate since joining C-USA.